Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013
Latest action · Apr 26, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to remove the limit on liability (currently, the total of all removal costs plus $75 million) of a party responsible for an offshore facility except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2013 to Jun 27, 2013; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 27, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2013 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Apr 26, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Apr 25, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 25, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2353.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 329 | Sustainable Energy Act | Related bill | Feb 14, 2013 |
| S 828 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2013 | Related bill | Apr 25, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require responsible parties to pay the full cost of offshore oil spills, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
